The Department of Veterans Affairs has introduced a smartphone application that works to organize and streamline healthcare resources into a unified location for veterans and caregivers. The Launchpad for Veterans suite will enable users to access VA apps from five different categories namely mental health improvement, health care team communication, vital health information sharing and quality of life improvement, the agency said Monday.
Read More »Defense Agency Aims to Protect Mobile Apps Through Program
The Defense Information Systems Agency program management office for the DoD Mobility Unclassified Capability program handles the security of mobile devices and applications to protect them from cyber attacks.
Read More »NGA Releases GEOINT App for Govt Users on Apple App Store, Google Play
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has launched its latest application on the Apple‘s App Store and the Google Play Store in an effort to help authorized government user access unclassified geospatial intelligence through mobile devices. NGA said Friday its Tearline app is accessible to the intelligence community, Defense Department, allies and academic and private sector …
Read More »Navy Rolls Out Enterprise-Wide Healthcare Resource App
The U.S. Navy‘s medical organization has released a mobile application designed to offer sailors, marines and their families information about the locations of military treatment facilities and available healthcare services. The app is designed to also help users access Defense Department hotlines, the RelayHealth patient-doctor communications service and links to Navy Medicine’s social media and health resources, …
Read More »LaVerne Council Highlights VA IT Transformation Achievements
LaVerne Council, chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discussed three key objectives that guide VA’s information technology transformation efforts in a blog entry posted Monday She said that VA’s office of information and technology has worked to stabilize and streamline core processes and platforms; address material weaknesses; and institutionalize new functions to boost outcomes. …
Read More »Howard Shelanski: White House Releases Mobile App for Regulatory Status Check
The White House has unveiled a mobile application designed to help people view information about the status of agency regulations via the federal government’s RegInfo website. Howard Shelanski, administrator of the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that the RegInfo Mobile app is available for both Android …
Read More »Army Seeks to Facilitate Mobile Apps Deployment Through Vetting Software
The U.S. Army has started to use new software designed to evaluate mobile applications in an effort to ensure that such apps meet government security standards and other requirements, the Army reported Friday. “With this new vetting software, we can expedite getting proponent-approved and cyber-secure mobile apps to the force,” …
Read More »Navy Kicks Off Pilot Test for Mobile Safety Comms Tool
The U.S. Fleet Forces Command has kicked off a pilot program to help sailors and their family members access safety and security resources with the use of a mobile application. Under the six-month pilot program, sailors and their families based in Hampton Roads, Virginia and Rota, Spain will be able to communicate …
Read More »FBI Launches Bank Robbery Info Mobile App on Apple App Store, Google Play
FBI has unveiled a mobile application that features information on bank robberies across the U.S. and helps connect users to the bureau if they have information on the robberies or suspects. The Bank Robbers app is available for free download from Apple’s App Store or Google Play, FBI said Friday. “[We] focus our investigative …
Read More »NGA Launches GEOINT App For First Responders on iTunes, Google Play
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has launched a mobile application to the public via the iTunes and Google Play app stores in efforts to aid first responders during natural disasters. NGA said Tuesday the Mobile Awareness GEOINT Environment app works to help users create geo-tagged field reports; take photos, videos and voice recordings; and share the reports and multimedia …
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